Old Well Cemetery

Old Well Cemetery stands on land donated by Richard "Kettle Dick" Anderson from a 2,000 acre land grant he settled in 1810. It was named for the well at the northwest corner of the cemetery, dug by Andrew Jackson's army returning from the Battle of New Orleans. Early settlers used the well as they traveled the Natchez Trace. Buried here are Anderson and his two wives, including Sarah Cutbirth, a great niece of Daniel Boone, along with family and neighbors from the Baker, Banks, Bell, Coursey, Crowell, Davis, Farris, Fuller, Gilmer, Harlow, Holtsford, Houser, Howard, Kennedy, McDonald, Morton, Orton, Regeon, Stanfill, Shelby, Smith, Truette, and Whiteside families, as well as many unmarked graves.

Tennessee · United States